Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
Local News.

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 Miss Julius Corbit returned last Friday from the west.
 Miss Corlie R. Beckley is visiting her uncles at Cornwall Hollow.
 The Pilgrim church held sociable last evening at H. N. Adams.
 Navigation on the Connecticut river closed yesterday for the season.
 Albert Hubbard has been on the sick list for several days, but is im- proving.
 Walter McGinnis hos been very i'll with pneumonia but he is reported better this morning.
 The many friends of Mrs F. L. Beck ley will be pained to learn that she Is again very ill.
 Pianos and Organs, rented or sold on installments. by Capewen the jeweler West Winsted. Ct.
 Wonders never cease. Smoke Bennett Sloan < Co.'S '' Invigorator. {" Ten cent cigar for csnts. at Rhoades' :, , the barber.
 MT and Mrs T. B. Strong's grand children from West Stockbridge and Hinsdale, Mass, visited them Monday and helped them celebrate Xmas.
 Some of the merchants in this village observed the holiday last Mon day by closing their stores during the afternoon and evening.
 -Messrs NJ. Callahan, H. NJ. Saun- ders, Robert Peiroe, Irving Barnes, Fred B Young and G. W. Parsons and Miss Mary Parsons and Miss Laura Blaeg came home to spend Xmas.
 e. B. Gardner and family. of Cox sackie, N. r., E. D. Norton, of Pitts field, Mass, Mrs J. E. Dow and Miss Fanny Dunning, of Pennington, Conn spent Xmas in town.
 The Bradford brothers and Mrs F. L.. Beckley. of this village, placed very fine monument of Quincy granite, last week at the graves of their father and mother in the cemetary at Cornwall Hollow, near the old homestead
 Robert De Forest, cigar manufac turer. of this place has 8 large demand for ''The Reason Why" cigar. We'll they are an excellent cigar, and that. the reason why he sells so many o them.
 Miss Mollie O'Brien, of Norfolk found g pocket book, Saturday, or Conductor Pollard's train. going east The owner may have the same b! applying to the main office at Hart ford. and proving property.
 The directors of the Hartford ant Connecticut Western railroad met a Hartford last Friday afternoon and re elected J W Husted president, William Fl Barnum vice president, B R Boards ley secretary and treasurer and E NJ Neil general superintendent.
 The place to buy that new sewinl machine is of W. A. Dunham, Ashle Falls, Mass. He is selling first-clas machine, three drawers and drop leai with all attachments, fully warrante' for five years, for S20 Give him call Orders by mail promptly attended to.
 While the holiday advertising boor lasted we were compelled to condens aud omit some correspondence as we @ local items but we hope to hear ne1 week from all our correspondents an we do not expect to test their goo nature again until the merchants wis to boom their spring goods.
 We are told that the Rev John Couch, aged about 65 years, died No 3Oth, at his home in Pheni1, R. l. l 1862 Father Couch was the Catholi priest at this place, Falls Village an vicinity. He visited this section in Jul 1886 after an absence of B years. RI death will b. sincerely mourned, for b was a man friendly to ali and he WE devoid of sectarianism.
 Don't ever send an editor newsp' per because you think he would like read it. He has more papers alread than he can possibly read. If 70 desire to call his attention to anythin in a newspaper, mark it conspicuous before mailing it. otherwise it will g into the waste basket.-[E Exchange.
 At the annual meeting of Hous tonic Lodge, No 61, E. $ A. NJ. hel Satu.day evening, December 24, tf following named officers were electe and appointed for the ensuing yea R Drake, w. M.; W H Croppe W.;H E Holt, J.; .;W.;D l. Peirc treasurer. o P Gillette, secretary CHI Wright, s. D.; 0 E De Hart, J. D Prescott, s. S.;F Van Deusen, J $ E Roberts, chaplain; NJ Rorabac marshall; H Beardsley, tyler; Hardenbergh and s c Beckley, fiuan committee. A special communicate has been called for Saturday evenin December 31st, for installation x5ncees.
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